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APPLICATION FILED AUG.1B,1908. 91.73679. Patented Apr. 6, 1909.

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CARD-FILE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 6, 1909.

Application filed August 18, 19(18. Serial No. 49,126.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Eownno Srmsspn, a citizen of United States, and a resident of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have mvented certain new and useful Im royements in Card-Files of which the fol owing 1s a full clear and exact description.

This invention relates more. rticularly to a file for index cards which is adapted for use in commotion with the ordinary form of j cabinet.

'1- e" primary object of the invention 18 to rovide simple and eflicient means whereby a large number of cards may be held in a t space, and so arranged that each .will be independent and separately held from any other card so that each car or a card of any set, may be readily accessible without shlfnng each card independently? and which device so holds the cards that if any card has been 1 laced or not returned. to its proper holder 881d fact will be seen at a glance, thus overcoming many of the objecof filing cabinet.

tions incident to the use of the ordinary form of card or filing system.

. A further object of the invention is to pro vide a simple and eflicient device which may be readily adapted for various purposes; which may be wsily and cheaply made, and which may be applied to the or inary form with these and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinafter more particularly described. with reference to the accomwhich form a art of this specification, an will then be pointed out in claims at the end of the description. In the-drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of cabinet embodying my invgention. Fig. 2 is a detail plan view of one of the cabinet drawers with a number of the-files or filing members applied thereto.

1&3 is a longitudinal; S tion throngh the ca Let drawers shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a transverse section pai rtly broken away, taken on the line IV- of Fig. 3. F .v 5 is a detail side elevation of one of thefi mg members showing the same in position to in ed: the cardsheld therebyrand Fi 6 is a enta g plan of a part of the fi e. l r. ilcl ar'e shown my invention as applied to one form of cabinet, it. will be understoodthut the-invention may be employed as l single device, and thatchch file or filing member may be used alone or 9. number of the some emploved without deparimg from the character of the invention.

The cabinet 10 may be of the usual or of any preferred form, and may have any desired number of drawers 11. These drawers 11 may com rise two members 12 and 13 which. are r atively movable with respect to each other. The member 12 comprises a base 14 anda rear end or wall 15 and the sides or walls 16, and-movably held between the sides 16 is the member 13 so that the drawer may be lengthened or shortened as is desired by pulling the member 13 lengthwise of the member 12. The member 13 comprises a front or end 17, and the two sides 18 which are held to the bottom 19, and carried by the sides 18 are pins 20, or other means, which are adapted to engage stops 21 on the sides 16 whereby the movementof the member 13 with respect to the member 12 is limited when the stops or pins 20 engage the stops 21 at which time the entire drawer may be withdrawn from the cabinet casing.

The member 13 may be rovided with a handle 22 to withdraw the rawer, and projecting inward from the front 17 are two or more rods .23 which are adapted to fit and slide into the tubular rods or members 24, which latter are held to the rearwall or back 15 of the member 12, thus forming a 'lurnlity of telescopic rides on which may e held a plurality of ling members 25.

Each of the files or filing members 25 is provided with a front member-or card '26 and a rear card or member 27 each of which may have a projecting part- 28 as isnsnal in filing systems on which suitable characters maybe laced to indicate the nature of the cards to 0 held by the filing members. The filing members 25 have projecting guides or plates 29 at the frontun rear thereof which are each provided-with an opening'adapted to fit the gnidos'2l so as to be adjusted lengthwise thereof, to adapt the same to be moved along said ides, though instead of claim as new and desire to secure by Letters the filin' members, but the cards may be held at their ends only. The connection 30 has its fluted parts of such a length as to provide a proper holding surface for the cards. and each fluted portion is substantially V-shaped when in an open osition as shown in l igs. .3 and 6, the said uted )arts being held at their lower edges, as y a flexible or other connection 33, whereby the 5 lower edges or parts 34 will not separate or i spread apart but will permit the up er part I to open with a fan-like action as s own in Fig. 5 to cause each card to be separated from the one adjacent thereto, and to permit said cards to be readily seen without removing the same or without shifting the cards in advance thereof as is necessary where the cards are packed tightly against each other and not separately held.

lt will be understood that each filing member is adapted to hold a number of cards re resenting one or more letters of an alphabet, or whatever indexing is required according to the system in connection with which the file is used, and that said filin" members may be variously supported and arranged or used as a separate device 1n case it is desired to employ filing membem in this way.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a simple and efficient filing device is provided which is adapted to hold the filing cards entirely independent of each other so that they will be independently accessible, and which are so held that all the cards of a set may be readily seen at a lance, thus saving much time and labor; that by this means it will be readily ascertained in case any card has been misplaced or has been removed from its holder or pocket; that said filing means is adapted for use in connection with the various forms of casin or cabinets, and that the usual form of car 5 or cabinets may be employed in connection with the files.

Having thus described my invention, I

Patent 1. The combination with a box-like holder having two relatively movable members, of guides held within said members, a plurality of filing members each havi a plurality of inde endent kets adapte to hold inde pen ent car 5 and means whereby said pockets may be caused to' spread apart at one edge only.

2. The combination ivith a holder, of guides held within said holder, and a plurality of filing members each having a 111- rality of independent pockets ada t to move along said guides and to ho d independent cards and adapted to spread apart at one edge onl 3. The combination with a holder, of a filin member having a plurality of indepen ent pockets of uniform length adapted to hold independent cards and means for retainin said filing member in said holder,

iwhereliy said pockets may be caused to spread apart at one edge only.

4 The combination with a holder having guides therein, of a plurality of filing members movable along said guides, and each comprising a plurality of pockets each adapted to hold an individual card, and means for holding the pockets so that they will be spread apart at one ed e only.

5. The combination with a iling cabinet. of a holder comprising two relatively mov able members having means whereb their relative movements may be limit telescopic guides carried by the members, and a plurality ohfiliing nemberslfach hav' a tirait oine nent etsadate to hold individual ciii'ds. p0 p 6. The combination with a filing cabinet, of a holder comprising two relatively movable members having means whereby their relative movements may be limited, telescoplc guides carried by the members, and a fil member having a lurality of indepen ent flexibly connected pockets adapted to hold individual cards.

:1 The combination with a holder comprising two relative] movable members havmg means whereby t eir relative movements may be limited, of telescopic uides carried by the members, and a plnr lity of filing members each having a plurality of independent pockets adapted to hold individual cards.

8. A filing device, havin a bellows-like connection at its opposite si es only so as to form a plurality of pockets to hold individual cards and permit free inspect-ion thereof between their ends, and means for holding the bellows-like connection at the lower ed thereof whereby the upper art of said evice may open with a fan-Ii e action.

9. The combination with a holder, of a plurality of filin devices each movably and detachably held in said holder, and each device havin a bellows-like connection at its sides forming independent ockets for independent and removable cards.

This specification signed and witnessed this fourteenth day of August A. D. 1908.

EDWARD STRASSEL.

Witnesses M. Tmmnn, A. Brenna. 

